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The solution to use the JSTL is correct but I found something more simple:
1) have the jboss-el and el-api jars available (el-api.jar may be provided by the servlet-container, it's the case with Tomcat 6)
2) add the following code to the top of the JSP file: <%@ page isELIgnored="false" %>